Dear Sir,
My family has been caught up with a very unscrupulous trader in China.
My daughter, Laura, ordered a bass clarinet from
Skills Musical Set,
Reg No. 05365915,
Address:- 295 Bei An Qin Sen, Qinghu Road, Ningbo Zhejian, China,
Phone +447024068760 President:- Stephen Pal
in early October for $2100US, the bank where she had to send the money was:-
BENEFICIARY BANK : CHINA MERCHANTS BANK. (HONG KONG BRANCH)
SWIFT CODE: CMBCHKHH
BENEFICIAFY : QIU ZI BING
Account No.: 621299-860-3829652
INTERMEDIARY BANK: CITIBANK N.A.NEW YORK .
Swift Code : CITIUS33
Soon after this company received her money they insisted we pay another $600US for government taxes and charges, and then another $200US was required for an international buyers card to send the instrument out of the country. We have included the names and places of the last two transactions which were through Western Union. Here is the Western union payment information:
Receiver's Name: QIU ZI BING CITY: HUZHOU STATE: ZHEJIANG COUNTRY: CHINA ZIP CODE: 313000 Amount to be send: $600USD
Receiver's First Name: ADEWALE Receiver's Last Name: JAMES
State: LAGOS City: LAGOS Country: NIGERIA Zip Code: 23401
Text Question: FROM WHO? Text Answer: FROM LAURA Amount to be send: $200USD
Then we were advised that the clarinet had been shipped, but inadvertently 3 had been sent, and the shipment was stopped in Timor. Now the company wants us to pay for the instruments or have them returned to China and pay another $700US for more taxes and charges and freight.
We have tried to negotiate, and geting nowhere.
In May of this year our family went on a holiday to China, and it was such a wonderful holiday, we came home raving about the people, how things really get done, and and how safe we felt. Based on this and also that the web site is so good and convincing, we felt we could purchase with confidence.
My hope is that you will ring and sort this problem out for us. Our home email is
[email protected]
Yours faithfully,


Jeffrey & Helen Higgins